I just want it to work like you have described. Am I doomed because it only has the built in sound card? My other machine is set up exactly the same but has an SiS card (and works fine). The machine can broadcast.both music and mic.but I have to manually make the changes. I've tried each permutation.they have no impact on the problem. On the 'Advanced' pop-up beneath mic, the only active controls are checkboxes for Boost and Alternate Mic. Under Properties, the mixer device lists Intel Integrated Audio.
I ran a sound card test.the microphone and speakers (a simple headset with microphone I use to broadcast from the other machine) are connected, recognized, and working. Microphone volume is set to minimum here. This is where I observe the change in wave volume. On the Master Volume window, Master Volume, Wave, CD, Line In, and Microphone are displayed, and none are muted. Pressing Open Mixer: the Recording control is set to display Stereo Mix, CD, Line In, and Microphone.Stereo Mix IS selected.
Music levels do toggle when I press talk and are set at -6/-20. On the Shoutcast source Input tab it IS set to Soundcard Input/Microphone. I set up another machine and I can't get the mic volume to toggle when talk is pressed to save my life. If you are using an external microphone, check that your microphone is properly plugged into your computer. I have a machine properly set up to broadcast and everything works exactly as you mentioned. If you get no response when you speak into your microphone: Check that Dragon's microphone is on (as opposed to off or asleep).